Clowney has been a top 25% Edge for the last 9 years.
The past year he was the 18th rated Edge of the 112 rated by PFF.
If John Harbaugh will have him on his team, I think he would have been fine on the Rams . . .
. . . and that 82.9 rating would have been a lot better than our 58 and 64, no disrespect to Young and Hoecht.
I sure hope we can find an "82.9" in the draft.
If we want to win another Super Bowl, we need guys like Clowney who can get to the QB on 3rd and 6, in the 4th quarter of tight game - see 2021 SB.
In 2023, he was rated ahead of many players who are seen as top edges :
(I highlighted Campbell DL and Van Noy LB/Edge as 2 still unsigned free agents that would help and come at cheap cost - if we have any $ left)
Clowney - 82.9Trey Hendrickson - 82.3
Will Anderson Jr. - 81.6
Calais Campbell - 80 - projected 1 year for $7mil
Bryce Huff - 79.7
Joey Bosa - 78.4
Danielle Hunter - 78
Jonathan Greenard - 76.7
Kyle Van Noy - 75 - projected 1 year for $3mil
Montez Sweat - 74.8
Chase Young - 74.7
Brian Burns - 73.8
Haason Reddick - 73
Byron Young - 64.1
Leonard Floyd - 58.7
Michael Hoecht - 58.2
Josh Uche - 57.1
